Using Old Information to Learn New Information

Using Old Information to Learn New Information

Mrs. Henderson’s 4th grade Old Wire Elementary

Rogers, Arkansas

November 18, 2011

Mrs. Henderson began her planning with the Arkansas State Standard student learning expectation she wanted her students to perform.

Because she will be implementing the Common Core State Standards next year, she made a connection to the new standards.

Anchor Standard 1: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

K With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

1st Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

2nd Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

3rd Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answer.

4th Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

5th Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

6th Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

7th Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

8th Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

9-10 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

11-12 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.

Using resources from The Comprehension Toolkit (Harvey and Goudvis), she planned her lesson.

GANAG is a lesson structure that allows teachers to plan for student use of research based instructional strategies.

G= goal

A= access prior knowledge

N= new information

A= application

G= generalize the goal

The purpose of the GANAG structure To give students the opportunity to actively use the nine high-yield strategies:

(2) Identifying Similarities and Differences

(3) Summarizing and Note Taking

(4) Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition

(5) Homework and Practice

(6) Nonlinguistic Representations

(7) Cooperative Learning

(8) Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback

(9) Generating and Testing Hypotheses

(10) Cues, Questions and Advance Organizers

Goal: Today we will learn:

(8) Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback

Students wrote the goal and scored

themselves on their objective score

sheets. 1= I don’t know what you are talking about

2= I know a little about it, but am not sure how to use it.

3= I know about it, but could still use some practice.

4= I know above and beyond.

Accessing Prior Knowledge

Students viewed a video clip about sharks.

(6) Nonlinguistic Representations

New Information

“What old information do you have about sharks?”Everyone added what they already knew about sharks to the left side of their t-chart .

(3) Summarizing and Note Taking

The timer was set for three minutes.

(10) Cues, Questions and Advance Organizers

(3) Summarizing and Note Taking

(7) Cooperative Learning

“Turn and Talk with a partner. Share what you already know about sharks.”

Mrs. Henderson shared what she knew about sharks and then invited the students to join her as she read an informational text.

Surprising SharksNicola Davies (2003)

Mrs. Henderson modeled pausing and adding new information she learned from the text to her t-chart .

(3) Summarizing and Note Taking

Students read a nonfiction article about sharks and added new information to their t-charts.

(3) Summarizing and Note Taking

Application

(3) Summarizing and Note Taking

New InformationConnecting old information to new information can…

Add to our knowledge

Change our thinking

Clear up misconceptions

Mrs. Henderson modeled connecting the old information to the new information. She thought aloud and shared how the connections helped her learn the new information.

Application

(7) Cooperative Learning

(2) Identifying Similarities and Differences

Students worked with partners to make connections.

Generalize the Goal: Today we will learn:

(8) Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback

Students scored themselves again on their objective score sheets.

Later, Mrs. Henderson looked at the students' work to help her score their performance to the standard.

NC = no connections

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